Our Services

Eunomia offers commercially focused environmental management consultancy services
to public and private sector clients.

Waste & Recycling

Waste and Recycling Support

Eunomia are New Zealand’s foremost waste and recycling consultancy. We have amassed a wealth of experience and expertise across all aspects of the sector and are ideally placed to advise and support organisations in their endeavours.

We work with local, regional, and central government as well as the private and community sectors.

Our waste and recycling support services include the following:

Service and facility research and design
Cost modelling
Market Analysis
Feasibility studies and business case development
Technology research and appraisal
Waste data collection and analysis
Research & design of waste prevention strategies and initiatives
Design and management of waste collection trials
Design and implementation of householder and user surveys
Design and management of public consultation processes

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Related Work

Resource Use and Waste Generation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Filling (Some) Gaps

In May 2025, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) published the research note 'Resource use and waste generation in Aotearoa New Zealand: filling (some) gaps' to contribute to the investigation they're carrying out on the impacts economic production...

Invisible Waste: Unveiling Microplastic Pollution

Consultant Anita Lewis presented a webinar hosted by WasteMINZ on the 9th October 2024. Titled 'Invisible Waste: Unveiling Microplastic Pollution', Anita discusses the pervasive issue of microplastics. Focusing on its sources, environmental impacts, and the role of...

New Zealand’s National Recycling Rate: Options and Estimates

The Ministry for the Environment commissioned Eunomia to produce a report about recycling rates that would assist them to determine how to calculate national recycling rates for Aotearoa New Zealand. Six metrics were put forward for the Ministry's refinement and...

WasteMINZ Organic Waste Collection and Processing Guidance for Local Authorities

WasteMINZ have recently published the Organic Waste Collection and Processing Guidance for Local Authorities that was produced by Eunomia with support from Waste Not Consulting and Sunshine Yates Consulting, with funding and support from the WasteMINZ Territorial...

Waste to Energy Technology Implications in the Aotearoa New Zealand Context

In September 2024 Eunomia produced a report for Waikato Regional and Tauranga City Councils that seeks to understand what place waste to energy has in Aotearoa. The report presents outcomes on key waste to energy technologies and their potential application in New...

Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Stocktake

Waste and resource recovery infrastructure stocktake Eunomia undertook a comprehensive review of New Zealand's waste and resource recovery infrastructure in 2020-21. The summary report for the project is now publicly available and can be downloaded here. The project...

Carbon Impacts of Waste

So you declared a climate emergency. What’s next? Duncan Wilson presented at the WasteMINZ conference in October 2019 about how tackling waste can have a bigger carbon impact than you might think. Officially waste accounts for 5% of NZ’s greenhouse gas...

Waste Disposal Levy Consultation

The Government has announced a consultation on changes to the waste disposal levy. The proposals would see the rate of the levy increase to $50-$60 a tonne by 2023 for waste to class 1 landfills. The levy would also be extended to cover classes 2-4 landfills at lower...

Microplastics from tyres

Ever wondered where the rubber on your tyres goes when it wears off? Eunomia Senior Consultant Dr Chiarina Darrah took part in a panel discussion on the problem of microplastics from tyre wear at this year’s Fully Charged Live. The festival of clean energy...

More Onshore Processing of Recycling?

The Ministry for the Environment has released the Situational Analysis report Eunomia wrote last year. Our work analysed the impact of China's moves to ban scrap material imports on the New Zealand recycling industry. You can download a copy here:...

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Policy & Strategy

Eunomia develops coherent, fully-costed and forward thinking waste policies and strategies, at the national, regional and local level. We are acknowledged as leading thinkers in Waste Management and Minimisation Planning and regulation.

Our policy and strategy services include the following:

Data compilation analysis and forecasting
Policy research
Evaluation of policy impacts
Strategy development including Waste Management and Minimisation Plans and Waste Assessments
Solid waste bylaws
Life Cycle Analysis/Cost Benefit Analysis
Analysis of climate change impacts
Analysis of financial and economic impacts

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Boss, Influential Ltd

Related Work

New Zealand’s National Recycling Rate: Options and Estimates

Waste Disposal Levy Consultation

More Onshore Processing of Recycling?

Impact of China National Sword

Director Duncan Wilson presented on the Impact of China National Sword at this year's WasteMINZ conference in Christchurch. The analysis concluded that, while the impact has been major so far, we are probably still only at the beginning of the changes that we will...

Waste to Energy – a Hot Topic

In the course of our work we talk to lots of council members, stakeholders, and members of the public. The topic of Waste to Energy comes up regularly. Waste to Energy is common in many places overseas such as UK, parts of Europe, Japan, and it is becoming more...

Rebooting Recycling in Aotearoa

The discussion document Rebooting Recycling - What can Aotearoa do? has been released by WasteMINZ. Eunomia worked with WasteMINZ and the recycling industry to develop the document. Overview: The collapse in international recycling markets has left the recycling...

Dr Dominic Hogg on China Recycling Crisis

Eunomia Chairman Dr Dominic Hogg was interviewed on BBC World about China's move to restrict imports of recycling. The restrictions are a wake up call for the recycling industry. While they will cause some short term pain, they also could provide an incentive to move...

Waste Planning – The Future

In this article from Revolve magazine Duncan Wilson looks at the past and future of waste planning in New Zealand. The way we manage waste has evolved significantly over the last 30 years. Unfortunately not a lot of credit for that can go to our waste planning. If we...

Waste Data Indicators – Now Available!

Waste Data Indicators are now available! If you want to compare your waste and recycling performance to what happens elsewhere you need to be sure your numbers mean the same things. That is where the new Waste Data Framework Waste Indicators come in. We have worked...

Local Government Waste Manifesto Update

Eunomia worked with the WasteMINZ TA Forum to update the Local Government Waste Manifesto that we originally helped create in 2018. Since the first Manifesto was produced there have been a range of significant changes in the sector. These include the impacts of...

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Sustainable Business

Eunomia works with organisations to help them understand and reduce their impact on the environment, whether through their own operations or through their products.

We have significant expertise in assessing the carbon footprints of different products and technologies, and how key assumptions and parameters can shift any analysis either in favour, or against, a given solution.

Our services include the following:

Market Analysis
Feasibility studies and business case development
Technology research and appraisal
Modelling of waste treatment technologies
Carbon footprinting
Cost Benefit Analysis
Life Cycle Assessment

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Boss, Influential Ltd

Related Work

Resource Use and Waste Generation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Filling (Some) Gaps

Invisible Waste: Unveiling Microplastic Pollution

New Zealand’s National Recycling Rate: Options and Estimates

Waste to Energy Technology Implications in the Aotearoa New Zealand Context

Waste Disposal Levy Consultation

Microplastics from tyres

Climate Emergency: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Waste

Darebin City Council (DCC) in Melbourne, Australia were the first in the world to declare a climate emergency in December 2016. We have been appointed to help the council to determine what practical actions they can take to meaningfully reduce the amount of carbon...

Waste to Energy – a Hot Topic

Local Government Waste Manifesto Update

LG Magazine Article about Waste Levy

Duncan Wilson is featured in the August issue of Local Government magazine, talking about the recent Eunomia report on New Zealand's waste levy. Click the button below to download a copy of the article. [button...

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Procurement

Eunomia is able to support your organisation in the sustainable procurement of goods and services with particular expertise in waste and recycling procurement processes.

We have experience working for both private organisations responding to tenders, and in working with public and private sector organisations in specifying and managing procurement processes.

Our services include the following:

Bid support
Contract specification
Preparation of procurement plans
Preparation of procurement documentation
Management of procurement processes
Evaluation and evaluation support
Negotiation and negotiation support

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Related Work

LG Magazine Article on Rubbish Collections

Rubbish collections are considered by many to be core council business. But the market has been changing. Rethinking old ways can deliver better economic, environmental and community outcomes. Read Duncan Wilson's article in Local Government magazine about council...

LG Article on Council vs Private Collections

The rise in popularity of private wheeled bin rubbish collections means an increasing number of councils in NZ are finding themselves with some tough decisions to make about how they provide services. Duncan Wilson provides insight and perspective in this article for...